So looks like the Maddow Love is now officially sanctioned. TV Decoder’s reporting that Rachel Maddow, MSNBC pundette loved by, apparently, everyone, will soon find the holy grail of televised commentary: her own show. The as-yet-unnamed program will replace Dan Abrams’s Verdict (he’ll be staying on with the network in various other anchoring/reporting capacities) starting September 9.
“This just completes our prime-time lineup,” MSNBC president Phil Griffin told the Times. “Our lineup makes sense now.” By which he ostensibly means: our lineup is now completely populated by blatantly lefty pundits.
Anyway, though, good luck, Rachel. We’re looking forward to the 9th. Just one request: could you keep those random-but-kind-of-great cartoon-ink graphics in your show, as a holdover from Verdict? We never knew why they were there, but we always appreciated that they were.
By which he ostensibly means: our lineup is now completely populated by blatantly lefty pundits.
Please tell me you're not characterizing Chris Matthews and Joe Scarborough as "blatantly lefty pundits."
Posted by UncommonSense on Wed 20 Aug 2008 at 09:13 AM
Yep, I am characterizing Chris Matthews as lefty. And Scarborough doesn't currently have a primetime show (I was referring only to MSNBC's primetime lineup, per Griffin's comment).
Posted by Megan Garber on Wed 20 Aug 2008 at 10:28 AM
Voicing the occasional criticism of the Bush administration does not make one a "lefty."
For a good sense of Mr. Matthews' sensibilities, particularly regarding the GOP's 2008 presumptive presidential nominee, I refer you to Media Matters.
If such a person can be called a "lefty," the expression has lost all meaning.
Posted by UncommonSense on Wed 20 Aug 2008 at 02:36 PM